You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 949

Chapter 949

At the end of June, Wei Xia participated in the team's championship celebration.

In July, the free market officially opened.

Many of the 76ers have joined the free market.

Like Rondo, he reached an agreement with other teams almost on the first day of joining the free market.

The summer of 2016 is destined to be extraordinary. The salary cap has soared, and many agents have opened their mouths because of this.

For the 76ers, the most important thing is that Wei Xia also jumped out of his contract.

Two years ago, Weixia signed a 76+2 contract extension with the 1ers. Now that two years have passed, he has decided not to implement the third-year contract.

Just won a three-peat, as the undisputed No.1 in the league, the honors he has achieved in the past three years are enough to make him the top ten in history.

When a player like him becomes a free agent, there will naturally be competition.

The 76ers directly sent a 5-year 2 million maximum salary extension.

Wei Xia's attitude made them a little panicked. He didn't nod and sign immediately, but put the matter on hold temporarily on the grounds that there were still many things to deal with.

At the beginning of July, there were constant rumors about the major players, but Wei Xia took his agent to Los Angeles.

Philadelphia has enough reasons to worry. After all, players like Weixia seem to be "born" in Los Angeles and New York.

Will he never come back?

Weixia's agent Dan Fagan sent a message to the outside world: "Wish's first choice is still Philadelphia. He came to LA for business considerations."

Then, the paparazzi broke out that the first person Wei Xia met when he arrived in Los Angeles was the currently precarious Lakers helm Jim Buss.

The world is completely messed up!

Although it is hard to believe that Wei Xia will leave Philadelphia, which has achieved endless glory, but the NBA is a business league after all, what is impossible?

Everyone selectively forgot how the Lakers gave up Weixia at the beginning. They all believed that after Weixia made great achievements, he was likely to join a team in a big city out of consideration of expanding his commercial influence.

It's as if he doesn't want to win a championship in the future.

Jr. Bass invited Wei Xia to the most famous steak restaurant in Los Angeles-Mastro.

He booked the venue, just him, Wei Xia and a few beautiful waiters.

Wei Xia suspected that he might have insisted on keeping these waiters. For him, as long as it is private, it must have a feminine atmosphere.And as long as this woman is not his sister or mother, or any woman in the Bath family, it is fine.

Now Wei Xia can no longer walk without crutches. After all, it is only a second-degree sprain. After half a month of conditioning, he can now walk normally, but he cannot exercise vigorously.

"You may not believe it, but I really watched the sixth game between you and the Warriors." Bass Jr. said firmly, "That was the only time in my life I actively watched the NBA live broadcast."

Wei Xia asked in surprise: "Have you never watched NBA live broadcasts at home?"

"Do you think the NBA is so attractive to me?" From the first time Wei Xia saw Bass Jr. in the NCAA competition 11 years ago, he felt that he was frivolous and unstable.

Unexpectedly, 11 years later, he is still the same.

"Then why, our finals are suddenly attractive?" Wei Xia asked curiously.

"The result of that game was important to me."

Wei Xia thought that Bass Jr. regarded him as a friend, so he thought that game was very important.

He said modestly: "I hope my performance did not disappoint you."

"I'm so disappointed, Visa!"

How long has it been since anyone pronounced Wish as Visa?It must be many years, right?

Buss Jr. reiterated: "I am extremely disappointed with this result!"

"Why?" Wei Xia felt that his relationship with Bass Jr. was not so bad that the other party wanted him to lose.

If it was Jenny Buss, there was still a possibility.

"If you lose, I have a chance to bring you back from Philadelphia to Los Angeles!" Bass Jr. said regretfully, "In this way, Kobe may not retire, and Los Angeles will once again get No.1 in the league. Even if I did not complete the goal, some people would have nothing to say."

Wei Xia remembered that in 2014, Buss Jr. asked Kobe to lobby him to join the Lakers.

He asked Kobe to speak at the time, hoping that Buss Jr. would never let Kobe be a lobbyist again.

It seems that Kobe conveyed his opinion honestly, and Buss Jr. has also learned his lesson. Look at him now, how natural lobbying is.

If you don't pay attention, you may not even notice that he is inquiring about Wei Xia's intention to leave Philadelphia.

"My destiny has been closely connected with Philadelphia." Wei Xia doesn't think it's loyalty or anything else, it's just pure, he has become an indelible and inseparable part of the history of the 76ers.

Just like Kobe knows the Lakers, Duncan knows the Spurs, Nowitzki knows the Mavericks.

Although he didn't join the 76ers from his debut, his contribution to the 76ers in seven seasons has surpassed all the stars produced in the history of this team.

Just like the declaration he made to the media when he joined Philadelphia and changed his number to No. 1.

He will become No.76 in the history of the 1ers.

Now, he is.

Except for the embarrassing team in Houston, otherwise, under normal circumstances, No. 1 in team history can only apply for a trade or leave the team voluntarily. Otherwise, even if the team knows that he is abolished, they will keep him in the team.

Their very existence is a symbol.

"Your contribution to the Lakers will also be remembered by everyone!" Buss Jr. still exposed his lobbying face, "You won two championships for us."

Wei Xia responded indifferently, "It's one."

"Okay, count one!" Little Buss was moved, "You were the FMVP of that year. Do you know how many people in California were crazy about you that year? I can guarantee that there will be no fewer people than in Pennsylvania today. They are eager for your return. You used to be a Laker, and now you still have the opportunity to continue this relationship. You have made great achievements in Philadelphia, and now is the time to strive for more possibilities!"

To be honest, even if Wei Xia suffers from insanity and wants to change teams, the Lakers are not among his options.

as he said.

"These things are in the past, Mr. Bass."

Wei Xia didn't say much else, his eyes were firm, his tone was weak, and he was completely unmoved.

"If you don't come, I'm finished!" Little Bass decided to play the favor card.

Before his cards were played, he was bombarded by Wei Xia's British king: "I'm very sorry, besides joining the Lakers, is there anything else I can help?"

As soon as Wei Xia said this, Little Bass almost choked to death on the steak in his mouth.

He could see that it was impossible for Wei Xia to return to Los Angeles.

This also means that, before long, he will leave his position and give up the management of the Lakers to his sister.

"No more, Wish." Little Buss said dejectedly, "Apart from this, there is nothing you can do to help me."

Suddenly, Wesha said: "No, Mr. Bass, maybe I can offer some help, and I'm sure you'll be happy to accept it."

Little Buss became interested, "Let's talk about it."

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Just half a day after Wei Xia and Bath Jr. had lunch, the well-known reporter WOJ broke the news: "Jim Buss launched a powerful offensive during the recruitment process, and he had an in-depth communication with Wish!"

Then, the next day, Wei Xia was filming an advertisement, and WOJ broke the news again: "The possibility of Wish signing with the Lakers has greatly increased!"

Hearing the news, the uniforms of the teams who had concerns about disturbing Wei Xia's leisure all made appointments through Wei Xia's agent.

They hope Wei Xia will give them a chance.

A chance to say "Wish, Wish, we need you so much" face to face.

The most enthusiastic of them all is the New York Knicks.

They have plenty of space, enough market, Madison Gardens waiting for a new owner, the most discerning fans in the world and the most famous city in the United States and more than a 45-year championship window.

Up to the management, down to the New York fans, everyone knows that as long as Weixia nods, the Knicks will change from a weak NBA team to a championship team.

In order to persuade Wei Xia, the president of the Knicks' operations department, Phil Jackson, who had a complicated relationship with Wei Xia, made a video call in person.

Wei Xia never thought that Jackson would appear in his life again in a special way.

Moreover, the other party even invited him to join the Knicks with an almost pleading attitude that he never dared to dream of.

He almost cried.

The Knicks' attitude is so good, if it weren't for Wei Xia's unswerving desire to play his hometown basketball, he might be persuaded.

But now, the Knicks, as well as other teams that came to recruit him, are insiders of him and Bass Jr.

The more they make noise, the more likely this game will be done.

The Lakers' salary space has been completely emptied. Including Kobe, they have no other players except for a few rookies.

In the past few days, Buss Jr. seemed to be crazy, discussing with Bogut to renew his contract with a sub-maximum salary, and contacted the aging Luol Deng to discuss another sub-maximum salary.

The Bass family, who realized that Bass Jr. was doing "I will destroy it if I can't get it," directly exempted him from power, and even Mitch Kupchak, who has played for the Lakers for many years, left together.

Buss Jr. left behind a notorious reputation for not doing enough, but not doing enough. The Lakers have since entered the era of Jenny Buss.

Another Bass took over the Lakers, and also took over all the signings that the management is currently negotiating.

WOJ broke the news again: "Jenny Buss' takeover seems to have pushed forward the signing of Wish!"

Wei Xia was obviously in the storm, but he completed all the business plans in Los Angeles in an orderly manner.

That night, Kobe asked him out.

The first time he saw the opponent, he asked bluntly: "You don't really want to go back to the Lakers, do you?"

　PS: Jr. Bass gave the Warriors Xiaojia almost for free to stop the 76ers' three-game streak, but I didn't write this paragraph, but Wish knows it well in the novel.

(End of this chapter)